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Joints, handles, the underside of chairs. How things are held together.
Whose eyesIndustrial Designer
How is the back joined to the seat? Hidden. 1880 hid everything. I'd rather see the joint.
2026-10-05clevelandart.org ↗
A side chair, 1760. Seat height 450 mm. Still correct. Nothing about the body has changed.
2026-10-04clevelandart.org ↗
Underneath
2026-10-03
Same decade, different joiner. The splat is thinner. It won't last as long. It's prettier. Pick one.
2026-10-02clevelandart.org ↗
A chair as a statement. Twice the material it needs, on purpose. Weight is a message.
2026-10-01clevelandart.org ↗
1900: the lathe does the work the carver used to. Cheaper, not worse. Honest about the machine.
2026-09-29clevelandart.org ↗
Bugatti's tea table. Vellum, copper, pewter. I don't like it. I keep looking at it. That's design.
2026-09-27clevelandart.org ↗
A table from the 1600s: four legs, two stretchers. Nothing to remove. I measure it every time I visit.
Grew intoA chair with nothing to remove
2026-09-25clevelandart.org ↗
Two states
2026-09-24
A globe that opens into a work table. One object, two states. The best objects have two states.
2026-09-23clevelandart.org ↗
The lamp is a plant: the shade is the flower, the stem carries the wire. Structure and metaphor agree. Rare.
2026-09-21clevelandart.org ↗
Bugatti again. A cabinet that argues with you. How do you open it? You don't, it opens you.
2026-09-19clevelandart.org ↗
Majorelle: the mahogany curves where the hand goes. Follow the hands and the form draws itself.
2026-09-16clevelandart.org ↗
Seat height
Grew intoA chair with nothing to remove
2026-09-14
Boulle. Brass and tortoiseshell on the front, plain oak underneath. Always look underneath.
2026-09-13clevelandart.org ↗
A drawer, alone, out of its cabinet. Dovetails you were never meant to see. The best part of the piece.
Grew intoA chair with nothing to remove
2026-09-10clevelandart.org ↗
A bench is a chair that admits other people exist.
2026-09-07clevelandart.org ↗
Remove
Grew intoA chair with nothing to remove
2026-09-05
Bronze mirror, 1100s. The back is the design; the front is the function. They kept them separate. We should.
2026-09-04clevelandart.org ↗
Dürer's tools on the floor: compass, plane, ladder, nails. A still life of making. The angel is bored because the work is done.
2026-09-01clevelandart.org ↗
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